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Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal - Greentree Tunnel

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Map 

Description 

See WLE - Greentree Tunnel BH 89191

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel on former Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal, later Pittsburgh & West Virginia, later N&W, currently Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Location
Green Tree, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Status
Open
History
Built early 1900's for Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Ry. to enter Pittsburgh
Railroads
- Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (P&WV)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
- Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (WPTR)
- Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (WLE)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 4,718.0 ft. (0.9 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.42905, -80.04216   (decimal degrees)
40°25'45" N, 80°02'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/581247/4475819 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pittsburgh West
Inventory number
BH 64193 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (449)
Built 1903 (626)
Built during 1900s (7,688)
Green Tree, Pennsylvania (1)
Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,597)
Pennsylvania (6,245)
 Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway (47)
Railroad (16,555)
Total length over 2500 feet (957)
Tunnel (1,361)
Wabash Railroad (593)
Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway (31)
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway (1990) (80)

Update Log 

  • November 20, 2014: Added by James Holzmeier

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